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thomas.wong1986
2012 Jun 10, 5:24pm
ROLM ?
One very huge name among several hundred others...
Funny how all these names vanish and are forgotten.
This place (sv) used to be freaking big, back in the day.
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thomas.wong1986
2012 Jun 10, 5:44pm
Better place to work was Tandem... even better than Apple!
Jimmy, CEO and proud Texan.. like to drink beer with the mfg folks.
http://www.youtube.com/embed/BSh_TqPxbPw&feature=relmfu
http://www.youtube.com/embed/xbJp7EflSr0&feature=relmfu
http://www.youtube.com/embed/nWV37ux1yyg&feature=relmfu
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ROLM
So they looked like a great place to work back in the day. Silicon Valley and yet this is what it looks like today.
http://tinyurl.com/7otacuu
Yes it was bought out by IBM in the mid 80's...but why let it all fall apart like this? Sold again to Siemens ok..but again why buy something to shut it down?
http://www.nytimes.com/1987/03/12/business/ibm-enfolds-much-of-rolm.html